Combination kitchen sink



Jan. 7, 1958 R. W. MILLER 2,818,581

COMBINATION KITCHEN SINK RUDOLPH w. MILLER gz/mu,

ATTORNEYS Jan. 7, 1958 R. w. MILLER COMBINATION KITCHEN SINN 2 Sheets-Shea?l 2 Filed Sept. 5, 1956 INVEN TOR. RUDOLPH W. MILLER ZJZML/MSJ@ United States Patent O COMBINATION KITCHEN SINK Rudolph W. Miller, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application September 5, 1956, Serial No. 608,141

7 Claims. (Cl. 4-187) This invention relates to faucets or valves and especially to faucets or valves in combination with a kitchen sink, particularly the flush or bare deck type combination sink, characterized by its being mounted in a base cabinet.

One aspect of modern home life seems to require that the housewife be provided with an attractive well-designed e'icient kitchen sink. It has become customary in the past few years to provide base cabinets for kitchen use which are characterized by their being about 3 feet high, the cabinets having mounted therein a kitchen sink of the `size or style desired by the housewife. Entire kitchen units are designed to surround such installations. Conventional plumbing seems to have carried through in such units in that the sink, While being mounted flush with the work surface forming the top of the unit, has mounted in it a swivel type faucet with adjacent hot and cold water inlet valves. These units always have the faucet and the valve handles mounted on the sink ledge or what would be the rear of the kitchen counter top. The

result'is that theihousewife at work is required to reach across the sink to manipulate the valves to regulate water its' having water controls at the front of the cabinet,

immediately adjacent to the position in which the house-` wife will stand in her work at the kitchen sink.

It is another object of the invention to provide a new kitchen base cabinet and sink combination unit having,`

the control valves recessed in a position directly adjacent to that occupied by the housewife when the` cabinet is v removed therefrom, which may be in'combination with:

a base cabinet-kitchen sink unit characterized by its having a kitchen sink and plumbing connections includingthe said valves for hot and cold water and a swivelor` pivotally mounted mixing fa-ucet or spout, the xture being further characterized by the location of the control valves adjacent to the position in which the housewife will stand, whereas the spout itself will be on the opposite side of the sink in essentially the accepted conventional position.

Referring now to the drawings:

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a kitchen. Further, in what is also the accepted style ofy cabinets, a base 13 narrower than the cabinet is mounted under the entire unit and forms a part thereof to provide the usual toe recess, as seen in Figure 3. The cabinet itself may be formed of sheet metal, wood or other structural cabinet material, and, as is typical of the unit in which a kitchen sink is mounted, it has a plurality of doors 14, 14 and 14"` on the front face which provide access to internal compartments of the unit.

The top orl counter'15 is characterized by its being slightly wider than the A*cabinet to create a slight forward overhang over the cabinet; it also extends back to the wall 11, where it is turned up for a distance of a few inches to form a back splashboard 16.

In the unit shown in Figure l, the counter top is finished by providing a two-tray sink having trays 17 and 17 with matching drainboards 18 and 19. The drainboards in this instance are shown with slight directional corrugations 20 and 21 to direct the flow of drainage into the sinks. The two-tray sink frequently carries with it the variation shown in Figure 4 Where one tray, here the left-hand one, is deep and functions as a simple laundry tray.

To this extent the structural parts of the base cabinet, j;

sink units and their mounting next to the Wall carrying the basic plumbing areconventional, but the precise size of sink, or combination and arrangement of tray units, j will vary to suit the taste or needs of the individual for v whom the installation is being made.

For purposes of'this invention, as shown in greatest l detail in Figures 3 and 4, the base cabinet with the sink trays, which has been mounted adjacent to the wall 11 carrying the plumbing, has counter top 15 turned down, to form a forward lip 30. The cabinet, immediately under the lip and directly in front of the sink is recessed to receive the box 31 having sides 32, 33, back 34 and bottom 35, which box in the embodiment shown is formedl as part of the counter top 15. Similarly, counter top 15 is carried to back Ksplashboard 16, which is carried forward t-o form a top 40 several inches forward fromA the board 16. This -top together with sides 41 and 42 and the corresponding section of the counter top 15 form a box or recess at the rear side of the sink.

The relationship of the recessed section or boxes to eachother and to the-sink unit is best seen by inspection of Figures 1 and 2. In the forward edge of the box thus delined, lip 40 is provided with groove 43; corresponding groove 44 is provided directly beneath 43, in the counter top 15 to receive the sliding doors 45-46 so lthat the box formed may be closed.

As shown in detail in Figures 3 and 4 the plumbing is connected to the kitchen sink by being brought through the wall 11 with the horizontal runs 50 and 50 which yfeed to the verticals 51-and 52, thence to the valves 53 and 54, which have handles 55 and 56, andfeed into the line -57, 'which becomes the common feeding-mixing line 58, which in turn feeds line 59, and the pivoted faucet 60.

Details of typical ttings required for this structure are shown in Figure 4 where the counter top 15 mounted on the structural base 15 is shown turned to form lip 30 and the box 31 within which the valves 53 and 54 are shown mounted on the bottom 35 of the box. The plumbing connection shows line 51 feeding to typical valvebody 53. within which the threaded.. stem..- 710y in conventional manner seats and unseats the washer-or..`

disk 71. onthe. valve. seat 72; The bonnet731isfthreaded on to the body 53 and forms a water tight connectionl with they washer. 74, .while seatingfirmly 4against thebox bottom 35.' It will be apparent that the structural ,unita orA box to..suice for this-purposeshouldprovide a. recess and securebase for mountingthevalve in place.

It will also be apparent that an equally useful orienta.-

tion of valvesis -to mount them .on :back 34 of the* recess,

rotatedaessentially 90 from the position.shown,so that stem 70 is. horizontal.

Sink vdrain ,connections are of conventional. form land areshown withdrain 80 leadingtotrap 81. whicliin` tnrnzleadsto drain line 82,.and thence. towsuchxother.

permanent drain as may be provided forvtheiinalacon nection.

The connection to the pivotedspout itself. isshown insome detail in Figure 4 where 59 is.the.vertical feed'` line which connects to the mixing valve bushing 90 whichj The re-v is fixed in waterproof fashion to the deck 15. maining details of thepivoted faucet connectionmay be of'conventional type; as shown, it merely provides-for thefaucetto be pivoted around thebushing 91` with thegasket. 92 `compressed by bushing. 91Y providing.. the.

waterproof connection at this joint. f

It :is,to .beunderstood that thedetailsof the-structure ofthe pivotedfaucet andthe .manner of its` being `mounted-y ushin the deckorin a sinkledgeimay.be-.variedto suit the. needs. .of anyF particular case, it .being-necessary` only thattheconnection tothe deck be. aleak-proof one..

In-.liigiire` 4. also. it willbe .apparent that vthey splash- -v board.- 16 has, been brought forward at 43. toform` a recess..which'.carries doors 45` and. 46- in its forwardy opening. When the faucet is not in use it maybe turned.

to one :side or the othercompletely within .the-.enclosure orbox41 'andy the doors .45-.-46.-c1osed to keep` it con cealed andoutof reach.

,InV conventional installations, .it Vis :customary to havev` y the .water pipecome through Vthe adjacentawall, or.sub jacent door and feed directlyto thevalvesuatthe.reanof v thesink... Becausezthev sinkis spacedronlya fewdnehes from.. the wall, completion ofthe. plumbingA connections y to :thea-valves andfaucet is dicultand requires-.much i, skilll.. Furthermore,I .access to .theconnections .tot permit.l repair-...ortl replacement. .ata futurev date is made extremelyv awkward,.by.thefvery; narrow workspacetbetween the sinky andthewall.

Accordingly, .as wi1l. be .app arent from' the drawings,

thisinventionprovides fory much. easier access to-.-the

plumbing, both lvalves and faucet, byplacingfthe valves.

at the. front. of the-cabinet.

In Figures 1 `and.,1?..atwotray sinkahas been drawn. andhere. it -will be.V apparentthat the; horizontal .pipe

run may be-.between sinks.. In.,Figure.4,/.wherea shallow tray` and asingle vdeep tray sinkf arel shown .-the

horizontalrnn 50..again will be .between trays... Where.. a singletray.; unit yis used,l the. horizontalrun may; bel. undenthesink, e. g.,..at a level slightlyxbelow 'that'of the :feed line .57 in .Figure .3, or itmay; be vat .alevel..` approximating .that at which thevalves are mounted,r

in which case it must be brought varound the tray.

Inasmuch asv much domestic'zplumbing is now done with .copper tubing, the exact :course of pipe runv isnot important, becausethe tubing is flexible enough to permit its beinggadapted. to .practically any. space .lirnitatiornv What. Vis claimed is:

1. `In a. kitchen cabinet lcomprising the combination 4 of a base cabinet having a forward working face, counter top with forward and rear edges and a sink mounted in said counter top, said sink being oriented in accordance with the forward and rear edges of said counter top, the improvement comprising water inlet connections for said sink having valve controls for said water substantially entirely behind theforward working face of said cabinet, immediately belowcounter top level and sink. immediately.v below't cabinet top level and.- substamtially-` at hand .level for. an operator. substantially` entirely# behind said forward workingface, .the wateninletvspout: for said sink being mounted adjacent to the rear edge ofsaid sink...

3. A ,kitchen .cabinet-sink. combination in .accordance with. claim. 2..wherein said. water inlet controlsfare.dis-;- posed `within a. recessed` compartment in` said.. forward facemof. thecabinetand saidwater inletspout is also` disposed., within a.` recessed compartment at saidreany edgeoffsaidsink.

4..A unitrfor use with kitchen cabinet installations:V having aforwardrworking face comprising` an extended, flat-.working surface base :having a forward .workingedge and .arear.edge,V a sink v.mounted iny said unit,. saidbase.: having abox formed under the .forward working edge. thereofsubstantally centeredonv the sink, and ushfwith. theforwardworking faceand valve connections insaid. box substantially` entirely behind said. forward. working. face for. receiving. water linesand feedingv water toa.

spout at the rear of said sink.

5. A kitchen counter top for use with cabinet struc tnrescomprising a base, aworking surface on said base, and an opening. infsadfbase and.working surface adapted toV receive akitchen sink,.said base having a forward working edge andarear. edge, means.. mounted under.

theforward workingedge .ofxsaid base substantiallycenf tered onzsaidopeningrto receivevalve connectionsrfor` water. controlA to.said kitchen sink,..such that said valves connectionsare sulzlstantiallyl entirely within. a.` forwardA workinged'geof'saidbase, and means at `vtherear: edge; ofv saidbase to.r eceive spout connections.

6. A combinationimaccordance with claixnS inl which i.

said basehasa recessfonned at therear'x edge thereof,

said recess being adapted to house spout connections att the. rear yedge of saidssink.

7. Acombinationin accordance with claim 6 in whichI said means for receiving valve connections is a box subw stantlially-X at hand level, immediately below said. forward workingy edge. ofsaid counter top.

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